petroleum and natural gas
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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Billions of barrels of oil and
natural gas are trapped in rock in the Williston basin.
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For many years, oil companies
knew about this supply but were unable to get the oil out.
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In 2006, the first successful bakken well
was drilled using a new technology called hydraulic fracturing.
Hydraulic fracturing is the process of using pressurized water to fracture cracks in deep underground rock so that trapped petroleum can be released . Hydraulic fracturing is called fracking.
Horizontal wells are drilled in order to reach
the pockets of trapped oil in in North Dakota
